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COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

By Temma Kirshbaum, Staff Columnist
October 23, 2023

Over the past week, I have found myself struggling to put emotions into words. Trying to find logic in a situation where you cannot...

CREATIVITY: For Zoe, wearing thrift-shopped clothes showcases her authentic self.

COLUMN: Whose story is your outfit?

By Zoe Ritz, Staff Columnist
February 22, 2023

Over the last four years, I’ve mastered the art of second-hand shopping. As a fashion lover, learning that clothing production...

CREATIVITY: For Zoe, wearing thrift-shopped clothes showcases her authentic self.

COLUMN: Failure face

By Zoe Ritz, Staff Columnist
December 8, 2022

I am a dancer. I have been dancing for most of my life, for the purpose of expression through my body.   It is something I love...

JOY: “The best feeling of all, though, is watching the Dodgers win while sprinting out of the stadium to beat traffic, hearing “I Love LA.”

MY LIFE IN A SONG: Sound of a stadium

By Olivia Fishman, Arts and Culture Editor
August 4, 2022

There is a certain exhilaration that accompanies my trips to Dodger Stadium, and I have felt the same excitement since I was a...

Senior Anya Mendelson ponders the college admissions process.

WHAT I KNOW NOW: Absurdity vs. reality

By Anya Mendelson, Staff Columnist
May 24, 2022

I recently learned that absurdity can be met with absurdity. Absurdity is, by its nature, irrational and therefore often meets...

Senior Anya Mendelson ponders the college admissions process.

WHAT I KNOW NOW: The present passes

By Anya Mendelson, Staff Columnist
January 23, 2022

You’re at the beach. It’s a warm evening in Los Angeles, and the sun is just beginning to set. Pinks and purples flood the...

RARIFIED: To advance into the hallowed halls of university, our columnist says, students must first take the Sorrow And Trepidation exam, otherwise known as the SAT.

THE SPIN: Open letter to the process we all know and hate

By Jacob Benezra, Page 3 Columnist
January 23, 2020

Dear College Admissions Process, I could have started this letter while I was in the middle of completing your vital, yet aggravating,...

About this fob thing...

About this fob thing…

By Jacob Benezra, Page 3 Columnist
October 25, 2019

First off, I want to thank the Boiling Point for offering me this opportunity to share my ideas. Now all of you are trapped...

STAR: Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard gets ready to drive in the Raptors 118-109 victory over the reigning-champion Golden State Warriors on May 30. Leonard, the 2014 NBA Finals MVP with the San Antonio Spurs, played a team high 43 minutes and scored 23 points in the game.

CLARA’S CALLS: Happy Endings, and may the Raptors win

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 4, 2019

Acharon acharon haviv. The last one is the most precious. This Rashi perfectly embodies how I feel as I write this last, most...

CURSE:   Since the Chargers arrived, almost every LA team has gotten close to a championship.  None has won.

COLUMN: Are the Chargers LA’s curse?

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2019

For the first 15 years of my life, I was football team-less. I rooted for teams here and there -- I had a Manning brothers phase...

COLUMN: Cheating?

COLUMN: Cheating?

By Liad Machmali, Staff Writer
March 12, 2019

As I have started high school the fear of the future has overcome me, introducing a type of peer pressure I did not expect: the...

HONOR: About 90 students and faculty sang songs and read psalms in the parking lot March 14, 2018 to honor victims of the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 14 students and three teachers. About half the school stayed in class.

COLUMN: A year after Parkland, living for those who can’t

By Bayley Sandler, Staff Writer
March 10, 2019

Every morning, I make the long drive over the hill from the Valley and my mind drifts with daydreams. Last week on Feb. 14, my...

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